Publications
The Gospel and the Land of Promise
Edited by Philip Church, Peter Walker, Tim Bulkeley and Tim Meadowcroft - June 2011
Today the "land of promise" is a spark in the tinder dry atmosphere of Middle Eastern affairs. Events there continue to wield among peoples and in places well beyond the region itself. This raises for Christians the acute theological problem of how to relate to the "land of promise" today and in light of the land of the Bible. Our hope is that this volume of essays will contribute to a more informed and theologically coherent response to the "land of promise". It is offered here in the name of peace for all peoples in that place and among those who continue to look to her as a place of promise.
Note: Copies available for purchase ($30 + $5 postage) from the LCGS office. Please email Rebecca at rlittle/laidlaw.ac.nz for more information.
Trinitarian Theology after Barth
Edited by Myk Habets and Phillip Tolliday - January 2011
The most outstanding theological thinker of the twentieth century is proving to be the most pivotal theological figure of the twenty-first century as well. It is no wonder some have referred to Karl Barth as a “Father” of the Church. His work has occasioned appreciation, critique, and rejection, but however one responds to Barth, one must reckon with him in pursuing the theological task. Th is volume draws together scholars whose essays exhibit work “aft er Barth” in engaging the doctrine of the Trinity and its related themes. Barth’s thought allows for a variety of interpretations and it is this variety that gives such vibrancy to the essays in this volume by seasoned Barth scholars and voices new to the conversation.
Note: Few copies available for purchase ($30 + $5 postage) from the LCGS office. Please email Rebecca at rlittle/laidlaw.ac.nz for more information.
Reconsidering Gender - Evangelical Perspectives
Edited by Myk Habets and Beulah Wood - January 2011
Questions related to the issue of gender remain insufficiently acknowledged and explored in contemporary theological literature. These issues form the basis of significant unresolved tensions among evangelicals, as evidenced in debates over the nature of the Trinity, Bible translation, church practice, choice of language, mission leadership, decision-making in homes, and parenting, to name but a few examples. The essays in this volume are not meant to provide a monolithic evangelical theology of gender, but rather to provide evangelical perspectives surrounding the topic of gender. To further this aim, each of the main essays is followed by a formal response with an attempt at a concise and lucid perspective on the essay and pointers to further areas for investigation. Some contributors are complementarian while others are egalitarian, although who is what is left to the discerning reader. Regardless of one's position on the issue, all will benefit from the contributors' commitment to the further exploration of gender issues from the perspective of a broadly conceived evangelicalism.
The Spirit of Truth: Reading Scripture and Constructing Theology with the Holy Spirit
Edited by Myk Habets - March 2010
Among the theological loci pneumatology is one of the most stimulating, exciting, and difficult topics to study; it is also one of the most rewarding. The identity and mission of the Holy Spirit is pervasive throughout Scripture and the Great Tradition, and within contemporary Christianity it is one of the most popular topics currently being explored. Here ten scholars present twelve essays spanning biblical, hermeneutical, theological, and practical disciplines. The result is not an evangelical pneumatology in systematic fashion, nor is it a comprehensive theology of the Holy Spirit. Rather, this volume presents explorations in pneumatology from a variety of evangelical scholars working in varying contexts (mostly the South Pacific basin) but each wrestling equally with what the Spirit of Truth is saying to the churches today. This is a work of outstanding scholarship with essays by Canadian theologian Gary Badcock and a cast of established and emerging Kiwi - or New Zealand-theologians, which gives the work a unique contextual flavor alongside its ecumenical and evangelical commitment.
Note: Few copies available for purchase ($30 + $5 postage) from the LCGS office. Please email Rebecca at rlittle/laidlaw.ac.nz for more information.
The Anointed Son - A Trinitarian Spirit Christology
Myk Habets - January 2010
Spirit Christology complements Logos Christology in the same way in which Christ and the Spirit are mutually constitutive. Or at least this should be the case. Th e history of Christian thought shows that Logos Christology has dominated, resulting in both an eclipse of Trinitarian doctrine and a diminution of pneumatology. Recently there have been calls to reclaim a theology of the Th ird Article in order to present a Trinitarian theology that is faithful to Scripture, the Great Tradition, and one that is existentially viable. While studies examine various aspects of Spirit Christology there has yet to appear a work that introduces the doctrine, examines the various mutually exclusive proposals, and offers a constructive trinitarian proposal. Th e present work does just this, introducing the constituent features of a Spirit Christology that is Trinitarian, orthodox, and contemporary. Th e current work proposes a model of Spirit Christology that complements rather than replaces Logos Christology and does so in a robustly Trinitarian framework. Within contemporary theology a pneumatically oriented approach to Christology is being advanced across denominational and traditional lines. Those wanting to navigate their way through the many competing proposals for a Th ird Article theology will find a comprehensive map here.
Theosis in the Theology of Thomas Torrance
Myk Habets - August 2009
Torrance’s vision of Theosis (deification/divinisation) is explored through his doctrine of creation and anthropology, his characterisation of the incarnation, his accounts of reconciliation and union with Christ, and his theology of church and sacraments. Myk Habets’ study distinguishes Torrance’s vision of theosis from other possible accounts of salvation as divinisation, and situates it within Reformed Theology, and informed by patristic thought and opposed to some constructions of the doctrine within Eastern Orthodoxy. This book presents the first critique of the theology of T.F. Torrance to focus on theosis, and presents a model of theosis within the realm of reformed theology built upon Western theology.
